Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

Known as the "Finger of God," a dramatic rock formation resembles a divine hand extending towards the heavens.

This Brazilian Lady Liberty is one of the few replicas that was actually made by the original designer.

Try not to get lost in this picturesque Brazilian labyrinth of the dead.

An overlooked collection of over 350,000 artistic works created by psychiatric patients using art therapy.

Eduardo Kobra’s breathtaking 32,300-square-foot graffiti wall took over Rio’s Olympic Boulevard.

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.